Docs: add unit testing to the tutorial

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As the prototype evolves, these requirements will be explored and this tutorial updated to reflect improvements in the As the prototype evolves, these requirements will be explored and this tutorial updated to reflect improvements in the
contracts API. contracts API.
How to test your contract
-------------------------
Of course, it is essential to unit test your new nugget of business logic to ensure that it behaves as you expect.
Although you can write traditional unit tests in Java, the platform also provides a *domain specific language*
(DSL) for writing contract unit tests that automates many of the common patterns. This DSL builds on top of JUnit yet
is a Kotlin DSL, and therefore this section will not show Java equivalent code (for Java unit tests you would not
benefit from the DSL and would write them by hand).
We start by defining a new test class, with a basic CP state:
.. container:: codeset
.. sourcecode:: kotlin
class CommercialPaperTests {
val PAPER_1 = CommercialPaper.State(
issuance = InstitutionReference(MEGA_CORP, OpaqueBytes.of(123)),
owner = MEGA_CORP_KEY,
faceValue = 1000.DOLLARS,
maturityDate = TEST_TX_TIME + 7.days
)
@Test
fun key_mismatch_at_issue() {
transactionGroup {
transaction {
output { PAPER_1 }
arg(DUMMY_PUBKEY_1) { CommercialPaper.Commands.Issue() }
}
expectFailureOfTx(1, "signed by the claimed issuer")
}
}
}
We start by defining a commercial paper state. It will be owned by a pre-defined unit test institution, affectionately
called `MEGA_CORP` (this constant, along with many others, is defined in `TestUtils.kt`). Due to Kotin's extensive
type inference, many types are not written out explicitly in this code and it has the feel of a scripting language.
But the types are there, and you can ask IntelliJ to reveal them by pressing Alt-Enter on a "val" or "var" and selecting
"Specify type explicitly".
There are a few things that are unusual here:
* We can specify quantities of money by writing 1000.DOLLARS or 1000.POUNDS
* We can specify quantities of time by writing 7.days
* We can add quantities of time to the TEST_TX_TIME constant, which merely defines an arbitrary java.time.Instant
If you examine the code in the actual repository, you will also notice that it makes use of method names with spaces
in them by surrounding the name with backticks, rather than using underscores. We don't show this here as it breaks the
doc website's syntax highlighting engine.
The `1000.DOLLARS` construct is quite simple: Kotlin allows you to define extension functions on primitive types like
Int or Double. So by writing 7.days, for instance, the compiler will emit a call to a static method that takes an int
and returns a `java.time.Duration`.
As this is JUnit, we must remember to annotate each test method with @Test. Let's examine the contents of the first test.
We are trying to check that it's not possible for just anyone to issue commercial paper in MegaCorp's name. That would
be bad!
The `transactionGroup` function works the same way as the `requireThat` construct above. It is an example of what
Kotlin calls a type safe builder, which you can read about in `the documentation for builders <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/type-safe-builders.html>`_.
The code block that follows it is run in the scope of a freshly created `TransactionGroupForTest` object, which assists
you with building little transaction graphs and verifying them as a whole. Here, our "group" only actually has a
single transaction in it, with a single output, no inputs, and an Issue command signed by `DUMMY_PUBKEY_1` which is just
an arbitrary public key. As the paper claims to be issued by `MEGA_CORP`, this doesn't match and should cause a
failure. The `expectFailureOfTx` method takes a 1-based index (in this case we expect the first transaction to fail)
and a string that should appear in the exception message. Then it runs the `TransactionGroup.verify()` method to
invoke all the involved contracts.
It's worth bearing in mind that even though this code may look like a totally different language to normal Kotlin or
Java, it's actually not, and so you can embed arbitrary code anywhere inside any of these blocks.
Let's set up a full trade and ensure it works:
.. container:: codeset
.. sourcecode:: kotlin
// Generate a trade lifecycle with various parameters.
private fun trade(redemptionTime: Instant = TEST_TX_TIME + 8.days,
aliceGetsBack: Amount = 1000.DOLLARS,
destroyPaperAtRedemption: Boolean = true): TransactionGroupForTest {
val someProfits = 1200.DOLLARS
return transactionGroup {
roots {
transaction(900.DOLLARS.CASH owned_by ALICE label "alice's $900")
transaction(someProfits.CASH owned_by MEGA_CORP_KEY label "some profits")
}
// Some CP is issued onto the ledger by MegaCorp.
transaction {
output("paper") { PAPER_1 }
arg(MEGA_CORP_KEY) { CommercialPaper.Commands.Issue() }
}
// The CP is sold to alice for her $900, $100 less than the face value. At 10% interest after only 7 days,
// that sounds a bit too good to be true!
transaction {
input("paper")
input("alice's $900")
output { 900.DOLLARS.CASH owned_by MEGA_CORP_KEY }
output("alice's paper") { PAPER_1 owned_by ALICE }
arg(ALICE) { Cash.Commands.Move }
arg(MEGA_CORP_KEY) { CommercialPaper.Commands.Move }
}
// Time passes, and Alice redeem's her CP for $1000, netting a $100 profit. MegaCorp has received $1200
// as a single payment from somewhere and uses it to pay Alice off, keeping the remaining $200 as change.
transaction(time = redemptionTime) {
input("alice's paper")
input("some profits")
output { aliceGetsBack.CASH owned_by ALICE }
output { (someProfits - aliceGetsBack).CASH owned_by MEGA_CORP_KEY }
if (!destroyPaperAtRedemption)
output { PAPER_1 owned_by ALICE }
arg(MEGA_CORP_KEY) { Cash.Commands.Move }
arg(ALICE) { CommercialPaper.Commands.Redeem }
}
}
}
In this example we see some new features of the DSL:
* The `roots` construct. Sometimes you don't want to write transactions that laboriously issue everything you need
in a formally correct way. Inside `roots` you can create a bunch of states without any contract checking what you're
doing. As states may not exist outside of transactions, each line inside defines a fake/invalid transaction with the
given output states, which may be *labelled* with a short string. Those labels can be used later to join transactions
together.
* The `.CASH` suffix. This is a part of the unit test DSL specific to the cash contract. It takes a monetary amount
like 1000.DOLLARS and then wraps it in a cash ledger state, with some fake data.
* The owned_by `infix function <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/functions.html#infix-notation>`_. This is just
a normal function that we're allowed to write in a slightly different way, which returns a copy of the cash state
with the owner field altered to be the given public key. `ALICE` is a constant defined by the test utilities that
is, like `DUMMY_PUBKEY_1`, just an arbitrary keypair.
* We are now defining several transactions that chain together. We can optionally label any output we create. Obviously
then, the `input` method requires us to give the label of some other output that it connects to.
* The `transaction` function can also be given a time, to override the default timestamp on a transaction.
The `trade` function is not itself a unit test. Instead it builds up a trade/transaction group, with some slight
differences depending on the parameters provided (Kotlin allows parameters to have default valus). Then it returns
it, unexecuted.
We use it like this:
.. container:: codeset
.. sourcecode:: kotlin
@Test
fun ok() {
trade().verify()
}
@Test
fun not_matured_at_redemption() {
trade(redemptionTime = TEST_TX_TIME + 2.days).expectFailureOfTx(3, "must have matured")
}
That's pretty simple: we just call `verify` in order to check all the transactions in the group. If any are invalid,
an exception will be thrown indicating which transaction failed and why. In the second case, we call `expectFailureOfTx`
again to ensure the third transaction fails with a message that contains "must have matured" (it doesn't have to be
the exact message).
Adding a crafting API to your contract Adding a crafting API to your contract
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TODO: Write this after the CP contract has had a crafting API actually added. TODO: Write this after the CP contract has had a crafting API actually added.
How to test your contract
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TODO: Write this next
Non-asset-oriented based smart contracts Non-asset-oriented based smart contracts
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